help for the very poor because they are left with no option
other than to destroy their Environment
the idea of self-reliant development, within natural resource
constraints;
the idea of cost-effective development using different
economic criteria to the traditional approach; that is to say
development should not degrade environmental quality, nor
should it reduce productivity in the long run;
the great issues of health control, appropriate technologies,
food self-reliance, clean water and shelter for all;
the notion that people-centered initiatives are needed ;human
beings, in other words, are the resources in the concept.